Lake Grove Community
Grimes County law partners Ben Goodrich and H. H. Boone (Texas Attorney General 1876-78), donated four acres of land at this location to trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1874 for church, school, and cemetery use by the surrounding loosely-knit farm community of Lake Grove. The community promptly built a church structure that they used for religious and school purposes. 100 students attended the Lake Grove School in 1900. The still active Lake Grove Cemetery, with gravestones dating to 1874, contains the grave of a veteran of the American Civil War.
30.7018° N, 96.0515° W
Where to Find It
from Iola take FM 244 south approx. 4 miles to CR 162; then east on CR 162 approx. 2 miles to CR 128; then south on CR 128 approx. 4 miles to Lake Grove Cemetery (marker is at cemetery entrance).
Nearby Markers
- 0.8 mi SW Isham Davis Home Iola
- 5.2 mi NW Katy Holland McDowell Treadwell Cobb Iola
- 5.2 mi NW Zion Cemetery Iola
- 6.7 mi SW Martins Prairie Cemetery Iola
- 8 mi NE Town of Bedias Bedias
- 8.1 mi NE Bedias First Baptist Church Bedias